Multimedia Release: Coast Guard Pacific Area welcomes new commander

[The Patriot]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown and Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft, along with Master Chief Petty Officer Leilani CaleJones, Pacific Area Command Master Chief, and Capt. Robert Marshall, Pacific Area Chaplain honor a hand-salute during a change-of-command ceremony Friday, at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sondra-Kay Rivera.



ALAMEDA, Calif. – Members of the Coast Guard Color Guard present colors during a change-of-command ceremony Friday, at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft, former assistant commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., relieved Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown, as Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, during the time-honored military tradition. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sondra-Kay Rivera.



ALAMEDA, Calif. – Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft, former assistant commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, inspect the Honor Platoon during a change-of-command ceremony Friday, at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. The inspection of the crew is a time-honored military tradition that takes place during a change of command ceremony. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sondra-Kay Rivera.



ALAMEDA, Calif. – Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown and Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft shake hands after Zukunft, former assistant commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., relieved Brown, as Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, during the time-honored military tradition. Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara presided over the ceremony. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sondra-Kay Rivera.

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ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Coast Guard Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft relieved Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown as Pacific Area commander during a change-of-command ceremony held aboard Coast Guard Island, Friday.

Brown assumed the duties as PACAREA commander in May 2010. During his time as PACAREA commander, Brown oversaw the reconstitution of the PACAREA staff and the commissioning of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, which included First Lady Michelle Obama as the ship’s sponsor. Brown is heading to Coast Guard Headquarters to assume the duties of Deputy Commandant for Mission Support.

Zukunft, a North Branford, Conn., native, graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1977, with a Bachelor of Science degree in government. He holds a Master of Arts degree in management from Webster University and a Master of Arts degree in Strategic Studies and International Affairs from the U.S. Naval War College. Zukunft served as the Federal-On-Scene-Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf where he directed federal, state, and local agencies in response efforts.

The area of responsibility of PACAREA is 74 million square miles ranging from South America, north to the Arctic Circle and west to the Far East.




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